State and local police and the motorcycle group the Patriot Guard Riders escorted his remains to the Jobe Funeral Home in Monroeville.

He was one of four soldiers killed as a result of an improvised explosive device explosion that also claimed the lives of three special operations troops and left three other Americans wounded Nov. 27 in Afghanistan.

McClary died Dec. 2 in Landstuhl, Germany, as a result of injuries sustained in Andar district, Ghazni province.